Winter Reading – Memoirs
Little Weirds by Jenny Slate. Little Brown and Company, $27. In her first memoir, actress and comedian Jenny Slate fosters a garden of strange and … Continue reading
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Smooth Criminal
Cottage Theatre’s production of Oliver! is stacked with a cast and crew of talent
Oliver! is set in an industrial England where work homes dealt with the poor who were given the short end of the privatization stick. It’s … Continue reading
No Country for Old Men
Scorsese looks back in sadness with crime epic The Irishman
It seems, of late, that a new species of mournfulness has crept into our best art. From the final albums by recently deceased songwriters Leonard … Continue reading
A Legacy in Dance
Meet the Bontragers of Ballet Fantastique
Hannah and Ashley Bontrager were practically born into the arts, dancing before they could walk. “Not a lot of girls get to grow up … Continue reading
Belle for the Holidays
Beauty and the Beast brings cozy charm at ACE
Actors Cabaret of Eugene is kicking off the holiday season with a tale as old as time in Beauty and the Beast, the Musical. Red … Continue reading
Dragapella Chrismukkah
The Kinsey Sicks holiday show explores the R-rated version of silly
In one festive day, I went from decorating the tree with my wholesome, albeit irksome, family to a bawdy, mostly Jewish twist on Christmas with … Continue reading
Worldwide Blues
Kiran Ahluwalia blends desert blues with the traditional music of India at Tsunami Books
The earliest musical memories of Indian-born, New York-based musician Kiran Ahluwalia involve Mother Goose, Sikh spirituals and sheep’s blood. As a girl, Ahluwalia lived for … Continue reading
Murder Most Timely
Director Rian Johnson takes aim at our current moment in the dark comedy Knives Out
How many ways can we find to murder our better natures? For the squabbling children, grandchildren and in-laws of the Thrombey family in Knives Out, the … Continue reading
A Small Connection to Rap Royalty
A UO student and hip-hop aficionado reflects on Big Boi's return to Eugene Nov. 29
The first time I ever cared about Ducks football was earlier this year, when I found out that Big Boi, from legendary Atlanta rap duo … Continue reading
Best Laid Plans
Director Bong Joon Ho outdoes himself with the dark comic fable Parasite
For one terrifying, exhilarating moment toward the end of writer/director Bong Joon Ho’s new movie, Parasite, I thought my brain broke, and for about 30 … Continue reading